Dyes have many uses in Minecraft. You can use them to dye sheep’s wool, wolf collars and tamed cat collars. You can also use dye to craft decorative blocks such as colored terracotta, concrete and wool. There are 16 dye colors you can choose from, including pink, cyan, orange and green. A green dye is one of the many dyes that players can make in Minecraft. It is an item that can be made with a furnace rather than a crafting table.There are a set of 16 different dyes available to you in Minecraft. They can be used for a multitude of uses. Most of the uses, if not all, are used for cosmetic effects. One of the dyes available is a green dye, one of the more difficult dyes to obtain as it cannot be found through flowers. You will have to harvest cacti and smelt it in order to obtain green dye. This guide will show you the required materials to make green dye, how to get/make green dye, and the uses you can expect out of green dye in Minecraft. How to make Green Dye in Minecraft
Supported Platforms
A Potion of Swiftness (8:00 – Speed) is available in the following versions of Minecraft:
- Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
- Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)
- Minecraft Xbox Editions
- Minecraft PS Editions
- Minecraft Nintendo
- Minecraft Windows 10 Edition
- Minecraft Education Edition
How to make Green Dye in Minecraft
Where to find Green Dye in Creative Mode
You can find green dye in the Creative Inventory menu
- Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Materials and Miscellaneous
- Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Miscellaneous and Nature
- Minecraft Xbox Editions : Materials and Nature
- Minecraft PS Editions : Materials and Nature
- Minecraft Nintendo : Materials and Nature
- Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Miscellaneous and Nature
- Minecraft Education Edition : Miscellaneous and Nature
Required Materials to make Green Dye
- Cactus
- Furnace
- Fuel for your Furnace
In order to craft green dye, you will need to smelt a cactus in a furnace. Of course, to smelt in the first place you will need a furnace, and you will need fuel of some kind in order to cook the cactus. For the furnace, you will need 8 cobblestones, and for fuel, you can use coal, charcoal, any wooden item, or any plant item. Every cactus you smelt will yield one green dye for use. How many you want to make it up to you.
How to craft Green Dye in Survival Mode
- Load your Furnace Menu
The first step is to open the furnace to get the Furnace menu on the screen.
- Add Fuel to the Furnace
Now, you need to click on the fuel option to add some fuel to the lower fuel box in the furnace. You can either use coal or wood as your fuel.
- Add material to make the Green Dye
After adding the fuel, you need to add the block of cactus in the top box of the furnace. In a few seconds, you will see the flames cooking the material.Once the cactus is cooked properly, you will see that your green dye is ready in the box to the right.
- Move the Green Dye to Inventory
Now that you have made green dye in your furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.
Item ID and Name
Green dye has the following Name, ID and DataValue
- Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:cactus_green)
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
- Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
- Minecraft Xbox One : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
- Minecraft PS4 : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
- Minecraft Nintendo Switch : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
- Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
- Minecraft Education Edition : Green Dye (minecraft:dye) 351 2
Green Dye (minecraft:green_dye)
Give Command for Green Dye
- In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2 and 1.19, the /give command for Green Dye is : /give @p green_dye 1
- In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, the /give command for Green Dye is: /give @p cactus_green 1
- In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Green Dye is : /give @p dye 1 2
- In Minecraft PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition :
/give @p green_dye 1 0
/give @p dye 1 2
Best ways to use a Green Dye in Minecraft
In Minecraft, you can use a green dye for the following uses:
- It can be applied to a sheep to dye the color of their wool. Once you have done that, you can shear about one to three blocks of green wool.
- It can be used on tamed wolves to dye the color of their collars.
- It can be used to dye or stain a number of items such as leather terracotta, armor, beds, glass, and shulker boxes.
- When you combine a green dye with gunpowder, it can lead to a firework star.
- When combined with a firework star, it will create a fade-to-color effect.
- It is used to add patterns to banners.
- It can be used to dye shulkers in Bedrock and Education editions.
- It can also be used to dye water that is contained in cauldrons in Bedrock and Education editions.
- When combined with sand and gravel, you can create concrete powder.
- When combined with compounds, you can make balloons and glow sticks in Bedrock and Education editions.
Tips About Green Dye
You can save dye by using dye on sheep instead of its wool drop. The sheep will regrow the same color of wool that you used to dye it with.
You can grow sea pickles to make lime dye instead of crafting it with green and white dye. This can help if you are short on green dye.
Conclusion
Congratulations, you now know what it takes to make green dye in Minecraft. Additionally, you now know the uses for green dye in Minecraft. Most of the green dye applications go for just about every dye available in Minecraft, and with 16 different options, there is a lot of room for creativity.So now that you know this, why don’t you use this to enhance your performance and fire up your game. All The best !
